The document says each cell commander has up to two operatives. In the rambling manifesto, which mixes imagery of medieval crusades and Internet war games, Breivik calls himself a "Justiciar Knight Commander of Cell 8" and said he would try to "initiate contact with cell 8b and 8c." "Give the impression that your cell is larger by attempting to forward misinformation on the police band or by other means," he said in the 1,500 page document. Perhaps he wants to suggest that he is part of something bigger than himself," she said.įurther undermining his claim, Breivik's manifesto published before his shooting rampage suggested authorities should be disinformed about collaborators. Ragnhild Bjoernebekk, a researcher at Norway's police school who specializes in crime and violence, said it's not inconceivable that Breivik was part of a network, but added: "The fact he wants to talk about it is surprising. He's extremely narcissistic and he goes on about himself and his role in history." "There's no one who seems to know if the group exist or if it's something he made up," he told Reuters. Magnus Ranstorp, Research Director at the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defense College, said, as far as he knows, nobody had evidence of the existence of the Knights Templar organization. Researchers also doubt Breivik's claim that he is part of a wider far-right network of anti-Islam "crusaders," seeing them as empty bragging by a psychopathic fantasist who has written that exaggeration is a way to sow confusion among investigators. Police are checking Breivik's phone and credit card records as well as his known movements to determine whether he was working alone. "We feel that the accused has fairly low credibility when it comes to this claim but none of us dare to be completely dismissive about it either," a source close to the investigation told Reuters.
Police attorney Christian Hatlo told reporters on Monday he "cannot completely, and I stress completely, rule out that others were involved in what happened."īut police say privately that they think more cells are unlikely although security services are checking with their international partners about potential foreign links.
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